Big Cat Sightings in Scotland, dates unknown

Big Cat Sightings, dates unknown
Date	Location	Description	Activity	Report
date unknown	Lockerbie, Dumfries and Galloway	Big cat sighting
Early 1950s	Rest & Be Thankful, Argyll	Large dark cat	Reported to local police who were aware of it
1970s	North Berwick, East Lothian	Puma	Sketchy reports over 4 - 5 years
1970s	Lochcarron, Ross and Cromarty, Highland	Large black cat	Witness also had sighting in September 2002
Mid 1970s	Tayside	Several sightings		Mick Orsi
Around 1979	Montrose, Angus	Big cat	Seen by an Alford vet
1979 - 1982	Ochil Hills, Perthshire and Kinross	Huge black cat with enormous green eyes	Seen by six witnesses in van. Animal turned and disappeared through a hedge into a wood
Before 1980	Near Nairn, Highland	Very large paw print	Found at side of road
About 1980	Kintyre, Argyll & Bute	Lynx shot	Body disposed of
1980 - 1982	Paisley, Renfrewshire	All black cat, larger than labrador, long swooping back, very powerfull looking, squashed face, long tail	First sighting by witness. Seen at a few feet. Cat frightened and bounded into bushes
1980 - 1982	Paisley, Renfrewshire	Large brindle coloured cat, long swooping back	Second sighting by witness, this time with mother. Seen at 100 metres. Stalking low to the ground and fast.
1980 - 1982	Paisley, Renfrewshire	Large ginger cat	Third sighting by witness, also with mother. Seen at 100 metres
Early 1980s	Garmouth, Moray	Jet black, the size of a large collie dog, appeared to have brownish spots	Several sightings over a number of weeks
1980s	Loch Nan Drimnan, Rarea, Argyll	Large feline, size of large labrador	Ran through sheep.	Fran Lockhart
1980s	Melfort Hill, Rarea, Argyll		Marge feline paw print found	Fran Lockhart
1980s	Hilton, Inverness, Highland	Sightings of "lynx". Believed to be puma by John Cathcart	Raided rubbish bins.
Around 1984	Near Luthrie, Fife	Lynx or bobcat.	Seen by six witnesses with binnoculars for 30 mins. Stalked rabbits before entering woods.
1987 - 1992	Moffat, Dumfries and Galloway	Large black cat	Seen in woods behind house
late 1980s	between Elgin and Forres, Moray	Initially though to be a labrador, then posture seen to be cat like	Seen by Air Traffic Controller from train.
late 1980s	between Elgin and Forres, Moray	Large black cat	Seen by RAF Lossiemoth Bird Conrol Unit
1990 - 1991	River South Esk at East Kintrockat, near Brechin, Angus	Large black cat	Seen by fisherman. Previous sighting 1 mile away in 1986. Regular sightings by tennant farmer
around 1991	Alness, Highland	25 lambs killed	One found dead with the skin peeled back and pretty much everything eaten
1990 - 1992	Altmore Forest, Moray	Several sightings of cats		Mick Orsi
1990s	Mulben, Moray	Big black cat	Several sightings by locals including distillery workers. Carcasses and tracks also found.
1990s	Nr Elgin, Moray	Spaniel-sized cat	Seen for 20 seconds by two witnesses walking slowly along the brow of a hill. Sheep killed in area
Early 1990s	Newburgh, Aberdeenshire	Unidentified animal	Seen by a couple
Mid 1990s	Near West Linton, Scottish Borders	Dogs would not enter wood during shoot	Believed they were frightened of something
Mid 1990s	Near West Linton, Scottish Borders	Very large Puma-type cat	Seen by two female witnesses. Stood in middle of road for a few seconds before bounding over gate.
Mid 1990s	Between Nine Mile Burn and Balerno, Edinburgh	Big cat - "puma"	Seen by several walkers for some minutes
Mid 1990s	Near Bennachie, Aberdeenshire	Unseen animal	Scottish Big Cats member and friend stalked
Before July 1995	Slains, Aberdeenshire	Large tawny cat	Seen carrying rabbit on shingle beach
Before July 1995	Strathdon, Aberdeenshire	Large black cat	Crossed field of cows
Before December 1995	By Ness castle, Inverness, Highland	Large cat	Seen by John Cathcart's sons
"Many years" before 1996	Troon to Crosshouse road, South Ayrshire	Large black cat	Driver believes he hit it with his car
Between November 1995 and November1997	Castlandhill, Rosyth, Fife	big cat	Seen by taxi driver
Between November 1995 and November1997	Nr Inverkeithing, Fife	Big cat	Seen by second taxi driver
Around 1996 - 1998	Corstorphine, Edinburgh	Large black cat	Seen by security lighting in garden visited by badgers. Reported to police who were aware of animal.
Before January 1997	Saline, near Dunfermline, Fife	Jet black, long tail. Not a dog. Bigger than Labrador, moved like cat.	Seen by driver, running across the road about 20 feet from car.
around 1997	Between Inverness and Beauly, Highland	Large tawny coloured cat	Seen in headlights for several seconds by two witnesses
Several years before November 1997	Location unknown	Big panther-type cat, much bigger than a dog, long black, sleek.	Seen by female witness from bus. Came out from undergrowth, graceful walk.
A summer before 1997	Near Crinan, Argyll	Twelve sheep killed. Four foot long cat killed next day. Identified as wildcat.	Large cat through to be responsible for kills.
Before November 1997	Elie area, Fife	Herd of roe deer dashed out of woodland and gutteral roaring heard	Heard by gamekeeper.
Before November 1997	Nr Troon, South Ayrshire	Huge black cat-like creature, not a dog, bigger than a wild cat	Jumped out in front of car and bouded across road into field.
Around 1998	Royal Ordanace Factory, Bishopton, Renfrewshire	Large black or very dark brown animal, 3.5 feet tall, 5 feet long with long thick tail with blunt end. Ears also blunt ended, only tops visable.	Seen from train, walking slowly, head down. Shoulders moved up and down as it walked. Top of the head level with shoulders.
Around 1998 - 1999	Between Corrie and Boreland, Dumfries and Galloway	"Large black panther"	Spotted by female driver. Jimped over a hedge
around 1998 - 1999	Near Hawick, Dumfries and Galloway	Large cat-like animal	Seen by two witnesses at 100 yards. put large dogs to flight.
1999/2000	Carrifran, nr Moffat, Dumfries & Galloway	Large black cat.	Several sightings by farmer in 1999/2000 and 3 or four lambs killed
Before January 2000	Near Keith, Moray	As large as a cheetah, creamy beige colour, lean, coat rough, almost wolf-like, definitely a cat.	Stood and assessed witness before disappearing into the trees.
Around 2000	Aberdeenshire?	Horse attacked. Raking wounds down flanks, neck and whithers.	Vet suggested a cat attack
Before January 2000	Near Keith, Moray	Numerous sightings	Spotted by crofter.
Before May 2000	Near Daviot, Aberdeenshire	"Lioness" and three cubs. Believed to be pumas.	Evidence that the cats are breeding?
At least a year before November 2001	Monymusk, Aberdeenshire	Big cat sightings.
Several years before 2001	Hills near Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway	Lot of fresh big cat tracks in snow.	Photographed
Before 7 th January 2001	Near Huntly, Aberdeenshire	Big black cat	Seen by two farmers
Before April 2001	Kintyre, Argyll and Bute	Tawny big cat.	Seen by nurse. paw prints found in garden
Before April 2001	The Mound, Sutherland, Highland	Big cat thought to be hit by car	No body found by John Cathcart and his dog.
At least a year before November 2001	Monymusk, Aberdeenshire	Lioness/puma-like cat
A few years before 2002	Insch, Aberdeenshire	Very large black cat	Seen from train. Witness contacted farmer, who had lost sheep.
Before 2002	Moray	Footprints in snow and big cat sightings	Reported by RAF Kinloss Mountain Rescue Team
A few years before February 2002	Near Moffat, Dumfries and Galloway	Big black cat perched on top of a dyke	Seen by men "lamping" foxes at night
A few years before February 2002	Near Moffat, Dumfries and Galloway	Very big, black cat eating dead deer by road.	Seen by two drivers
Several years before February 2002	Near Longformacus, Scottish Borders	Puma-like animal, brown coat, heavy head, short pointed ears, long tail.	Seen by postman. Reported to police at Duns who had map of various sightings.
Several years before February 2002	Near Abbey St Bathans Scottish Borders	Strange animal seen.	Seen by farmer's wife. Reported in newspaper
Several years before February 2002	Near Duns, Scottish Borders	Strange puma-like animal	Seen by sales rep. Walked by telephone kiosk
Before February 2002	Ladybank, Fife	Large black cat. Several sightings	Seen various witnesses.
Before February 2002	near Banff, Aberdeenshire	Big black cat, coat short and glossy, muscular hind legs, long curved tail	Seen by two witnesses at 10 - 15 feet. Jumped across track. Second sighting two months later.	>
Before February 2002	near Banff, Aberdeenshire	Big cat, tiger-shaped, long, belly low	Seen by two witnesses. Slouching walk. Circled rucksacks before disappearng by disused railway.
Before February 2002	Logie, 8 miles from Nairn, Highland	Encounter with big cat	Seen by dog walker. Rhodesian Ridgeback dogs frightened
Before February 2002	Newbie, Dumfries and Galloway	Large black cat	Seen on the shore
Before February 2002	Kilchrenan, Argyll	Large, black, cat-like creature	Seven sightings by various witnesses. Investigation and interview by BBC Radio Scotland
Before 15 th February 2002	South Aberdeenshire	Large black beast	Seen several times by night watchman on construction site.
Before February 2002	Craig Phadraig woods, by Inverness, Highland	Encounter with big cat	Seen by dog walker. Dog frightened
Before February 2002	Wester Ross, Highland	Gamekeeper reports crofter shot large cat and took it to police for identification	Police have no knowledge of incident
Before March 2002	Kingennie, Angus	Large paw print seen along road	Number of sightings in area
Several years before April 2002	Maud, Aberdeenshire	Unidentified animal	Few details
A few years before July 2002	By Glasgow Airport, Renfrewshire	Puma-like creature	Police sergeant reports frequent traveller had several sightings
Christmas/New Year before 2002	Loch Na Keal, Island of Mull	Head of large black cat seen	Seen by two witnesses. Bounded acress road in front of car.
A few months after Christmas/New Year, before 2002	Loch Na Keal, Island of Mull	Large black cat	Seen stalking sheep. Film taken.

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